1 Thessalonians 2:13

New Century Version

Also, we always thank God because when you heard his message from us, you accepted it as the word of God, not the words of humans. And it really is God’s message which works in you who believe.

Cross References

Jeremiah 44:16

“We will not listen to the message from the Lord that you spoke to us.

Haggai 1:12

Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the rest of the people who were left alive obeyed the Lord their God and the message from Haggai the prophet, because the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord.

Matthew 10:20

It will not really be you speaking but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

Matthew 10:40

Whoever accepts you also accepts me, and whoever accepts me also accepts the One who sent me.

Luke 11:28

But Jesus said, “No, blessed are those who hear the teaching of God and obey it.”

Luke 5:1

One day while Jesus was standing beside Lake Galilee, many people were pressing all around him to hear the word of God.

Luke 8:11

“This is what the story means: The seed is God’s message.

Luke 8:21

Jesus answered them, “My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God’s teaching and obey it!”

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the words I have spoken to you.

John 17:17

Make them ready for your service through your truth; your teaching is truth.

John 17:19

For their sake, I am making myself ready to serve so that they can be ready for their service of the truth.

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately, and it was very good of you to come. Now we are all here before God to hear everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

Acts 13:48

When those who were not Jewish heard Paul say this, they were happy and gave honor to the message of the Lord. And the people who were chosen to have life forever believed the message.

Acts 16:14

One of the listeners was a woman named Lydia from the city of Thyatira whose job was selling purple cloth. She worshiped God, and he opened her mind to pay attention to what Paul was saying.

Acts 17:11

These people were more willing to listen than the people in Thessalonica. The Bereans were eager to hear what Paul and Silas said and studied the Scriptures every day to find out if these things were true.

Acts 17:32

When the people heard about Jesus being raised from the dead, some of them laughed. But others said, “We will hear more about this from you later.”

Acts 2:41

Then those people who accepted what Peter said were baptized. About three thousand people were added to the number of believers that day.

Acts 8:14

When the apostles who were still in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.

2 Corinthians 3:18

Our faces, then, are not covered. We all show the Lord’s glory, and we are being changed to be like him. This change in us brings ever greater glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Galatians 4:14

Though my sickness was a trouble for you, you did not hate me or make me leave. But you welcomed me as an angel from God, as if I were Jesus Christ himself!

Colossians 1:6

that was told to you. Everywhere in the world that Good News is bringing blessings and is growing. This has happened with you, too, since you heard the Good News and understood the truth about the grace of God.

Hebrews 4:12

God’s word is alive and working and is sharper than a double-edged sword. It cuts all the way into us, where the soul and the spirit are joined, to the center of our joints and bones. And it judges the thoughts and feelings in our hearts.

Hebrews 4:2

The Good News was preached to us just as it was to them. But the teaching they heard did not help them, because they heard it but did not accept it with faith.

James 1:18

God decided to give us life through the word of truth so we might be the most important of all the things he made.

1 Peter 1:23

You have been born again, and this new life did not come from something that dies, but from something that cannot die. You were born again through God’s living message that continues forever.

1 Peter 1:25

but the word of the Lord will live forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.

1 Peter 2:2

As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can mature in your salvation,

2 Peter 3:2

I want you to think about the words the holy prophets spoke in the past, and remember the command our Lord and Savior gave us through your apostles.

1 John 3:3

Christ is pure, and all who have this hope in Christ keep themselves pure like Christ.